Public Corruption

Key Public Corruption Case Set For SCOTUS
Mar 5, 2016

Last month, the Supreme Court granted former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell’s request to hear his case. McDonnell was convicted in 2014in federal district court, along with his wife, for intervening with state officials on behalf of a political supporter who had contributed close to $180,000 in loans, vacations, and luxury goods to the former governor.

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Former city manager sentenced to prison for public corruption
May 1, 2014

The widely-publicized corruption scandal in a small California city has led to a lengthy prison sentence for the former city manager at the center of the scheme. Robert Rizzo, the former city manager of Bell, California, was sentence to 12 years in state prison for his role in a public corruption scheme. He was also ordered to pay $8.8 million in restitution.

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California State Senator is facing public corruption charges
Mar 8, 2014

When a corruption scandal breaks, it can be difficult for the public to keep in mind that all persons are considered innocent until proven guilty. Especially when an elected official is brought up on charges of public corruption, the public's instinct can be to judge first and wait for actual evidence to be properly brought forward only after the affected individual is already condemned in their minds.

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